Take Our Facebook Fan Page Staycation Challenge

It’s one more thing to give up because of caregiving: A vacation. Just because you stay home, though, doesn’t mean you can’t still have some of the fun you’ve reserved to enjoy during that week away. From August 22 until August 27, take a staycation, even if it only lasts for five minutes. Think you can’t? We’ve got some ideas to help you know you can: buy a lounge chair and sit in your backyard...

March Challenge: What Are You Saving For?

What are you saving for? On Friday’s episode of Your Caregiving Journey, Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, encouraged us to take steps today to plan for our tomorrow. (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post.) Our discussion focused on saving for a dream or a vision. Perhaps it’s a small business. Your own home. A European vacation. Saving involves a financial plan but also...

Leaving and Leaving Behind the Guilt

Today on Your Caregiving Journey, Bette Scott, one of our Caregiver of the Year award winners, joined us for a discussion about caring for her mom while raising three children. (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post.) During our discussion, Bette shared two goals she has for 2010: 1. Leaving the house to enjoy time with her husband and her children without taking along the guilt of...

Get Rid on Good Riddance Day

Yesterday, Donna Ryan, one of our bloggers, told us how she packed pain from her past and didn’t look back. Interestingly enough, she shared her story the same day New Yorker’s gathered in Times Square for Good Riddance Day. Participants received markers and a white sheet of paper, answered the question “I want to say good riddance to” and then tossed their answer into a giant shredder. Into the...

December Challenge: Move It!

(Editor’s Note: We launched this challenge in November and have extended it into December. Move to win!) It’s hard to do. In your caregiving role, it’s tougher. In the cold months, it can seem impossible. Which is why our challenge to in December is to move it. Walk, jog, work out to an exercise video–whatever works for you. Commit to moving 30 minutes day, three times a week. Do it for...

Take Caregiving.com’s Staycation Challenge

It’s one more thing to give up because of caregiving: A vacation. Just because you stay home, though, doesn’t mean you can’t still have some of the fun you’ve reserved to enjoy during that week away. From now until August 30, take a staycation, even if it only lasts for five minutes. Think you can’t? We’ve got some ideas to help you know you can: –buy a lounge chair and sit in your backyard in...

Create Your Caregiving Art

Image via Wikipedia What does Caregiving look like to you? Caregiving has its own energy and seems, at times, to take shape as the Elephant in the Room. It certainly seems to have its own personality; at times, crabby, other times, strong and sincere. So, draw, or paint, or sketch your portrait of Caregiving. Or, take a photo that represents what Caregiving looks like to you. Or, create a vision from...

Commit to a Weekly Savings Plan

On last Friday’s edition of Your Caregiving Journey, we spoke with Ellen Rogin, our financial guru who joins us monthly. Our topic for our talk show was two-fold: “Keeping a Healthy Perspective in Today’s Economy” and “Saving for our Future.” You can listen to our show via our player at the end of this post. During our discussion on saving, I issued a challenge: Commit to saving...

Your Caregiving Challenge: Write Your Self-Care Rule

Yesterday, I finished leading a three-week teleclass about journaling for family caregivers sponsored by Foundation for Senior Living, based in Phoenix. For three consecutive Wednesdays, 18 family caregivers–some caring for spouses, others for parents–gathered for a conference call. During our second call, we discussed journaling as it relates to self-care. I asked participants to consider a current...